32 Beautiful Badass Strength Training Tips and Principles

32 Beautiful Badass Strength Training Tips and Principles

Let’s be honest: most “tips and principles” articles suck.
With that in mind, I did my best to write a “tips and principles” article for you that doesn’t suck, and it ended up being long as hell. I’ve dubbed them Beautiful Badass tips and principles since that’s what strength training should be about — becoming the most badass version of yourself.
Strength training is one of the best activities you can do for your body. Are you reaping all possible benefits from your efforts" These 32 tips (useful suggestions) and principles (fundamental truths) will keep you on track to ensure you reach your goals while staying healthy.
1. Use the best exercises for your body. There is no one exercise everybody must perform because there is no one exercise suitable for every body. This means you must take into account your current mobility, injury history, or any limitations, and choose your exercises accordingly. Not everyone can deadlift a straight bar from the floor correctly or comfortably. Not everyone can press a barbell without shoulder or elbow discomfort. If your form is correct and an exercise causes pain or discomfort, switch it out for an alternative you can perform.
2. When in doubt: Quality > Quantity. Get the most out of every set of every exercise you perform; commit to making every rep count. Don?t rush through a set just to get it over with. Use less weight for a while and refine your technique, if necessary. Learn how to accomplish more with less. The first rep of a set demands as much effort and focus as the last. If you?re time in the gym is limited, quality is even more important. Make it count.
3. Coat yourself in a thick layer of bullshit repellant. In health and fitness there?s a massive surplus of bullshit. Supplement companies are getting sued, pyramid schemes are being exposed, and there?s no shortage of other insane diets and programs touted by professional marketers. If something sounds bat-shit crazy (e.g., putting almost 500 calories of butter and MCT oil in your coffee with promises of special fat loss and performance enhancements) then it?s probably bullshit. Stay away from fads, gimmicks, and likely anything that promises to be revolutionary, the ultimate ?hack,? or some other fancy term.
If something sounds crazy, there?s a strong chance it is. If something sounds too good to be true, it?s likely bullshit. Avoid it; all of it.
The basics of strength training and nutrition have been proven through research and real world experience. While new research shows methods that can be used to fine-tune a strength training program (e.g., longer rest periods between sets may be better for increasing muscle size; slowing down the eccentric phase leads to increases in muscle size), problems arise when people obsess over these minute details instead of mastering the basics first. New research can provide us with useful tools to tweak and enhance the basic principles that have a...

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